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On Sunday, a memorial plaque and boulder commemorating the lives of the incarcerated workers who labored and died to build the railroad over the mountains was unveiled.

On Sunday, a memorial plaque and boulder commemorating the lives of the incarcerated workers who labored and died to build the railroad over the mountains was unveiled.

On Sunday afternoon, a memorial boulder commemorating the incarcerated workers who gave their lives to build the railroad in the 1870s will be unveiled at a special ceremony near the

Michelle and Jason Holcomb opened Beef O Bradys in late June. After a successful few months, theyre ready to expand carryout and their presence.

Heres a taste of whats new in Wooster as four new eateries are planning to open. Meanwhile, another recently opened and two more changed owners.

To construct a railroad over a North Carolina mountain, the state and railroad company used thousands of African American convict laborers.

Outside of Old Fort, the Western North Carolina railroad bends around Andrews Geyser. The man-made fountain is named after the vice president of the company that owned the railroad, built in the 1870s. Now, the thousands of laborers who did the work are finally memorialized at the site too

Outside of Old Fort, the Western North Carolina railroad bends around Andrews Geyser. Thousands of incarcerated laborers built this railroad – and nearly all of them were African American.